Nearly 400 archers, more than 100 sword players, 200 pikemen, and 100 heavily armed ironclad soldiers armed with lianga, bones, and two-handed axes. This is a soldier and horse that Liu Chengdong raised to help his son-in-law raise when he saw that his meritorious service was hopeless.

In addition to his busy schedule, Han Shizhong took the time to meet Li Xiang and encouraged him to fight bravely. Li Xiang immediately made up a scene with Han Yanzhang to act as a killer weapon to gnaw hard bones at critical moments.

Li Xiang was seconded to Han Shizhong's first battle, which was to cooperate with 3,000 men and horses to attack Xin'an Town, which was east of the north of Tangqi Ancient Town.

First, the three sentry guns, bed crossbows and kicking crossbows hit the morale of Fangla's defenders, and then Li Xiang's army immediately stepped forward.

The sword player protected the straight archer close to the rammed earth wall, and the arrows with a high degree of consistent craftsmanship landed accurately on the heads of the Fang La defenders and the "thief Qing Zhuang", and the rapid casualties quickly broke the psychological defense of the Fang La defenders.

The general, who originally thought that Li Xiang was just relying on his connections to make war achievements, put away his contempt and began to take Li Xiang's army seriously.

The second battle was to fight Yuyue Town in the east and north of Tangqi Ancient Town.

Yuyue Town is close to the Grand Canal and is much more important than Xin'an Town. The rammed earth walls that served as armor were thicker and covered with a layer of bricks.

Li Xiang repeated his old tricks, and in the amazed eyes of Han Yanzhang and other generals, he ordered the archers with straight bows in their hands to shoot long cone armor-piercing arrows and diamond-shaped barbed arrows with a length of nearly one meter to the top of Fang Lajun's head in a steady stream.

The long cone armor-piercing arrow has good penetration, and the diamond-shaped barbed arrow can kill unarmored and lightly armored targets considerably. The two arrows were used together, complementing each other perfectly, and the power was so powerful that it almost shocked the jaw of the lieutenant colonel.

The third battle was to fight the hemp town in the east of Tangqi Ancient Town and northeast of Yuhang City.

The town of Hemp controls the road from Yuhang to Tongxiang. As long as the Great Zhou army captured this place, and cooperated with the fleet on the Qiantang River dozens of miles away, it could cut off all connections between Hangzhou City and Jiaxing City.

Because it is too important, Hemp Town not only has rammed earth walls covered with two layers of bricks, but also other things such as battlements, horse faces, arrow towers, revetment rivers, moats, and horse rejection arrays...... There is no shortage of the same.

The partial division sent by Han Shizhong did not attack rashly, but concentrated all the ordnance and launched an attack from two places at the same time, and even used a number of firearms. It wasn't until the crossbows, arrows, and firearms were exhausted that there was a gap in Hemp Town, during which the elite of the Fang La army who rushed to the archers outside the city brought Li Xiang a large casualty.

Li Xiang went to visit the injured Han Yanzhang in the afternoon.

Han Yanzhang, who already regarded Li Xiang as a confidant, was annoyed, accidentally pulled the wound, and grinned:

"Five thousand little people! Watching the armoured bandits storm the positions of your archers, who doesn't know how to think about it. On the battlefield, don't forget to crowd out, a bunch of what a bunch! ”

"Without the hundreds of archers under your brother, our army of more than 10,000 people has more than 10,000 casualties, and I don't know how many thousand more casualties we will have. It was also because this partial division failed to suppress all the generals' envoys, deputy commanders, and deputy soldiers and horses that made some people so arrogant. ”

"Having said that, I didn't expect that the brothers were not only good at archery, but also good at hand-to-hand combat, spears in formation, heavy armor counterattacks, archers cross-fired, and blocked the elite of more than a thousand more than 1,000 Lajun troops, otherwise it would be really troublesome...... Terrible! How did you train your straight archer, teach me. ”

The partial division heading east marched together just to lay down several important towns required by the military order as soon as possible and cover the battlefield of Hangzhou.

The civilian officials felt that there was no need to promote another chief general, and the gentry and the people were stirring up trouble in the army. Coupled with the existing mountain disputes and seniority disputes in the Great Zhou army, there are many generals who want to see Li Xiang's army killed.

At that time, Li Xiang looked at Han Yanzhang with an expectant face, and said honestly:

"As long as the straight archer is used well, the power is great, but the shortcomings are also obvious."

"A straight bow is cheap, but if you can't hold it and aim it well, it will hurt the bow tire, so you can only make up for it by shooting a lot. A single arrow is not expensive, but the amount required is too large, so it is expensive. ”

"Military men must eat well every time they train, and they must eat well when they go to the battlefield, and they spend money like water. If the straight archers shoot against the ordinary archers of the Fangla army in twos and threes, they will lose very badly, and they can only fight in formation......"

At that time, Han Yanzhang heard it with a big head, so Li Xiang stopped, rubbed his teeth and said:

"My brother understands that archery, which is like rain, is actually throwing money. It is more expensive for you to raise a soldier than for my uncle to raise a soldier in the pro-military battalion! ”

"You have to train every once in a while, and you can only fight in place with a pestle, which is expensive, and the section level that commands the operation must know how to count in order to hit the target. There are too many problems, hey, are you using the straight bow small array as an ordnance? ”

Li Xiang's heart moved at that time. The straight bow array of dozens of people is equivalent to a firepower point, but I didn't expect Han Yanzhang to have the concept of a combat unit.

Coming out of Han Yanzhang, Li Xiang comforted the wounded soldiers, ensured that the pensions and rewards for the fallen soldiers would be in place, and then returned to his military tent in a daze.

The purpose of deviating from the teacher has been achieved. Before Han Shizhong's military order was issued, Li Xiang only needed to let his soldiers rest well, so after he had dinner, he looked at the full moon in a daze.

"I work day and night, and I don't have enough to eat several times a year. Planting and planting, the land at home suddenly became a big family in the village! The youngest sister sold it for food, and the old father and mother, brothers and sisters starved to death......"

"Let's follow His Majesty the Holy Prince, just for a way to live, but the Great Zhou army on the opposite side wants to trample us into the mud again. Those who surrender will not end well, they will sell us to big families for them to vent their anger, life is better than death! ”

"Kill one more Great Zhou army, His Majesty the Holy Father will have more hope of victory, the land in the hands of the brothers can be saved, and the parents and sisters can live. I'd rather die than surrender!! ”

When Xin'an Town was breached, a leader of the Fangla army who had just turned 20 had blood in his mouth and tears in his eyes, and led his brothers to fight to the death.

"Fang Lajun called, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the priest all ran away, but the old man didn't make it. Colonel Fang Lajun threatened the old man, saying that he would kill the whole family if he was disobedient. ”

"The old man is really afraid of death and thieves, and I have nothing to say when the official army comes back, so I will be killed. But there are hundreds of people in the old man's clan, how can they be innocent to bear the sins committed by the old man? ”

When Yuyue Town was breached, the old Confucian who was trampled on the ground and watched several granddaughters being dragged away by the bloodied Great Zhou Army thanked Li Xiang for rescuing her little granddaughter, and then committed suicide by hitting the wall.

"My husband was arrested by the government of the Yongle Dynasty to be a soldier, he never killed a single person, did not bully a woman, and was called a thief army by you. You claim to be an official soldier, but you killed most of them, and you also searched for women from house to house, I really don't know who is the official army and who is the thief! ”

A woman from a hemp town who made a living spinning, making small items and selling snacks at home, armed with a kitchen knife, cursed the Great Zhou Emperor with the most vicious words. Li Xiang heard that the fierce woman picked up her infant son and resolutely jumped down the deep well......

Looking up at the full moon, tears flowed from the corners of Li Xiang's eyes.

He was powerless to stop everything that happened, especially the atrocities of the Great Zhou army and the acquiescence of the civilian officials. In the past few days, Li Xiang has clashed with other generals more than once in order to save some teenagers and women as much as he can.

took out the secret letter sent by Liu Sheng from his arms and read it again, Li Xiang looked in the direction of Hangzhou, still a little hesitant.

The main contents of MeSign are:

Liu Sheng led hundreds of people through the mountains and forests, bypassing the sentry posts of Fang Lajun, and secretly rushed to Dusong Pass a few days ago, and captured Ying Ming and Xu Bai, who were meeting there.

Before leaving, Liu Yuan was very worried that he would be besieged by the Fangla army on the way, or that he would not be able to capture Dusong Pass, which has high mountains and secluded streams in the east and west, and canyons in the north and south, so he persuaded Liu Shengdao:

"With intuition, you want to take the risk of catching Fang La's high-ranking generals? In case something goes wrong with the hundreds of children in the village in the past, how can we explain to the owner of the village and Brother Liu? ”

It is also a last resort to take the children of Shonai to adventure, because only the children of Shonai are the most reliable, have the least night blindness, and know the best about mountain cooperation.

Liu Sheng was smearing the blade with a kind of juice to avoid reflection in the mountains and forests. He didn't look back, but whispered:

"Before we went up the mountain and fell to the grass, we all led soldiers in the official army. Looking at the movements of Fang Lajun's army in the mountains and forests in the past two days, it is very likely that the big boss is coming, and he can't let it go! ”

"Even if it's an ambush by the Fangla Bird Man, I'm going to break through. Brother, you haven't been back to the mountains for a long time, don't underestimate these boys, they are fierce, and they are very capable. At least in the mountains and forests, Fang Lajun didn't want to stop them. ”

"Besides, let's take this risk, it's not for Xiaoci to have a better life after passing the door."

When Liu Yuan heard Liu Sheng's last sentence, he sighed and stopped objecting.

Li Xiang and Liu Susu's wedding date is on the day of this year's great summer, that is, June 20, and there is not much left. I don't know if Li Xiang can go back in time, otherwise the marriage will be delayed.

Liu Sheng moved his mind. He didn't want his niece to enter the owner's door in a low-key manner, he wanted Liu Susu and Liu Xiaoci to enter the door at the same time!

It's not easy to live in Da Zhou, especially for women. There is a more beautiful wedding, and not to beat and scold her husband are the two major wishes of Da Zhou women.

If he wants to shut up the people in the village and stop gossiping, Liu Sheng has to increase his chips. Several boys in the village reported to him that the deployment of the Fang La army in the mountains and forests had suddenly changed frequently, and he immediately came to his senses.

Why doesn't Liu Yuan want his daughter to marry in style? He admitted the concubine who was the owner of the village, but remembering that his daughter and her mother died, Liu Yuan also held back a fire and wanted to catch a big fish back.

After some consideration, Liu Sheng took more than 300 children in the village and set off in the middle of the night. Liu Yuan stayed in Yujialing and led the rest of the people to launch a fierce attack on the Fangla army in the mountains and forests.

The mouth is chewed with cork, the weapon is coated with mixed juice to prevent flashing, the shoes are wrapped with a black cloth to avoid making a sound, and the gestures are made in case of trouble...... Passing through more than a dozen enemy strongholds and hundreds of sentry posts requires a great deal of courage and, more importantly, the mutual trust and cooperation of soldiers.

Obviously, Liu Sheng did not overestimate the young people of Mingyuezhuang.

Dusong Pass is indeed difficult to attack, but it can't stop the killing god who slid down the rope from the cliff.

After the door was closed and opened, more than 300 children in the village went on a killing spree in groups of five. The Swordman and Shieldman and Bondoman cover the advance of the two Spearmen, and the Spearman is responsible for the long-range attack. The combination of long and short formations is very suitable for close-range squad group battles, and it is the five-element formation that Shen Ying told the owner about, but there are quite a few changes.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Fang La army guarding Dusong Pass was killed and bloodied. The assault team, which was composed of all the young people in the village, attacked together and hit near Ying Ming and Xu Bai's big house, but they were stubbornly resisted by more than 100 pro-soldiers, and it was difficult to advance an inch.

The straight bow is too long, and the arrows of the straight bow are also long, making it unsuitable for operations deep into the enemy's hinterland. The straight bow was not brought, and the range of the throwing gun was not enough, Liu Sheng had to end the battle as soon as possible under such unfavorable conditions, otherwise the reinforcements of the Fang La army would arrive.

Liu Sheng immediately made a decision and asked some young people to use the crossbow on their bodies to change the five-element array into a seven-person array to attack and advance. The reason why it is a seven-man formation is to free up one person to open the crossbow and wind it.

The three-edged armor-piercing crossbow bolt was not sharp, it was swarthy, and it was not clear in the night. The children of Zhuang Nai took advantage of the firelight and aimed directly at the lookout mountain, and quickly harvested their lives.

After a long period of study, thousands of continuous improvements, two months ago began small batch production, the new type of crossbow with a pulling force of 60 kilograms can finally be used!

Xu Bai only had time to shout, "Where did these people come from!" And he was knocked unconscious.

Ying Ming's opponent was no match for the formation of the sons of Zhuangnai, and he wanted to kill himself with a sword, but he was shot through the arm by a clever young man with a crossbow arrow.

Xu Bai led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to prevent the official army from crossing the mountains and mountains from the Anji Valley and appearing northwest of Hangzhou. He also scattered a large number of miscellaneous troops in the large mountains and forests northwest of Hangzhou to cooperate with the final plan of the Yongle Dynasty just in case.

Ying Ming is even more powerful, with tens of thousands of horses under his command at most. Since Liu Chengdong's surprise attack on Deqing County, Ying Ming's status has dropped again and again, but he is still a figure in the Yongle Dynasty, and is now responsible for the overall defense around Deqing County, preventing the Great Zhou army from the Anji Valley and the mountains and forests in the north from attacking south.

Xu Bai is one of the "Twenty-four Generals of Hangzhou", and Ying Ming is one of the "Twelve Gods of Jiangnan". The two of them combined to command tens of thousands of troops, responsible for the outer defense line northwest of Hangzhou, and were actually served in a pot at Dusong Pass.

When the news spreads, it will definitely detonate the entire Jiangnan, and even the entire Great Zhou!

However, Liu Sheng gave a death order to keep the news of catching the two big fish secret first. Then while asking people to tie Ying Ming and Xu Bai to stretchers, he was preparing to burn down Dusong Pass, and asked the children of Zhuang Nei to pack up and return immediately as soon as possible.

Liu Sheng, who has a fiery temper, is not stupid, not to mention that Liu Yuan also reminded him: Once you catch the big fish, keep it a secret first, and let the owner of the village make up his mind.

If the battle merit is too great, it is not good that someone will take advantage of Liu Chengdong's unlucky opportunity to come and snatch it, Tong Guan and Gao Yu are very fond of being greedy for merit. The owner of the village and the owner of the old village are angry, which may affect Xiaoci's status. It's much easier to let the owner make the decision, and you won't be implicated in trouble.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

Liu Yuan and Liu Sheng, the brothers, now only have one child, Liu Xiaoci, but the baby is tight. The brothers just want Xiaoci to have a better life, and they don't let go of any details for this.

After reading the letter, Li Xiang exhaled. At that time, Liu Sheng nervously asked for the transfer of troops, and he agreed without much thought, but he didn't expect Liu Sheng to come to a beheading operation!

"Do you really want to do that? Fang La has done too much evil, in case he really listens to my plan......"